Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Engineering Commission v. Peek
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1953No. 7867PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADE, Justice.
Action by State of Utah through its Engineering Commission to condemn a tract of land near the “This is the Place” monument for State Park purposes. This appeal concerns only the part of such tract which belongs to the Charles H. Deere Estate now being held in trust by Burton F. Peek and Charles D. Wiman, appellants here. The tract comprises more than 200 acres. The first Special Session of the 1951 Legislature directed the Commission to condemn this tract forthwith. It lies across the entrance of Emigration Canyon, east of Salt Lake City and is traversed from east to west by…
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